- Our list of the best things to do in San Mateo, California, features the top 973 nearby activities — including 339 great attractions with user approval ratings of 90% or more!
- San Mateo, CA has a variety of great sights and experiences nearby. Top categories include: Outdoor Places, Food & Drink, Entertainment & Shows, and Sights & Landmarks.
- The results below include the top 21 things to do within the city of San Mateo, CA , followed by 952 popular activities in nearby cities, including San Francisco, Pacifica, Half Moon Bay, Berkeley, Los Altos, San Carlos, South San Francisco, Palo Alto, Oakland, Cupertino, Sausalito, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, San Leandro, Alameda, Fremont, Hayward, Newark, San Bruno, Union City, Castro Valley, Redwood City, Belmont, Daly City, Santa Clara, Menlo Park, Burlingame, San Ramon, Tiburon, Richmond, Dublin, Saratoga, Pleasanton, Milpitas, Lafayette, Danville, Lodi, Santa Ynez and San Rafael
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To experience Oktoberfest right in California, Swiss Park offers a unique evening out. The restaurant and bar features waitresses dressed as traditional beer maids, while the menu includes German classics such as oversized pretzels and bratwurst.
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The Mojo Lounge is a bar and music venue that is popular among local residents. Visitors to the lounge commonly enjoy having drinks, eating a meal, and listening to the local bands playing.
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Dog owners and their pets can enjoy a myriad of recreation activities at the Drigon Dog Park. Along with standard walking paths, there are watering stations, scooper dispensers, fake fire hydrants, dog tunnels, and a climbing platform.
17.7 Miles
Pier 39, San Francisco, CA 94133
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7D-Experience is an interactive adventure ride with large 3D screens and moving seats. The ride, though short, incorporates the best in modern technology.
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You can choose to take an excursion out into the bay or sail out at sunset with Adventure Cat Sailing Charters. They also cater for private functions with rates dependent upon the number of passengers.
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Babushka is a popular arts and crafts store specializing in authentic Russian crafts such as the 'matrioshka' (i.e. stacking doll). The store has a wide variety of such dolls, each one of them painted by hand and uniquely designed. The prices however, are more on the expensive side.
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Bass Tub Sportfishing offers guided tours, fishing days and caters for private events on their boat, the Bass-Tub, which departs daily at 6.30am or 11am, depending on your activity, from San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf and heads into the bay.
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Lou's Pier 47, now opened as Lou's Fish Shack is a 2 floors restaurant and bar. They offer a variety of seafood and as entertainment, they have live local blues and jazz music.
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Musee Mecanique
Pier 45, Fishermen's Wharf, San Francisco, CA 94133
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Musee Mechanique has a large collection of antique coin-operated machines. You can play the antique arcade games in their lobby.
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Red and White Fleet offers bus and boat tours of San Francisco. One of their most memorable tours is their Sunset Bay Cruise.